Abu Taymiyyah – The Virtues of the first 10 days of DHUL HIJJAH
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We have now entered into the
10 days of Dhul Hijjah.
We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to make
us from those
who obtained the optimum reward and likewise the
maximum.
The
virtues
that have been mentioned by Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala and likewise the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam are many,
so we will try to the best of
our ability to mention some so we all
understand the great significance of these 10 days.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'alahe said in the Quran
wa'al Fajr
walayalin
Ashar
like he was narrated
by,
the Mufasirin, the Ibn Abbas.
He said that the intended purpose here by
the walayalilin
Ashar is the 10 days of Dhul Hijjah.
And likewise when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he
said in the Quran, wasqurallaha
feeayaminma'adudat.
These days
where Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala He mentioned,
Ibn Abbas likewise said that these are from
the days of Dhul Hijjah
and you can find these quotes of Ibn
Abbas in the famous tafsir of Ibn Kathir.
So kafabidhaliqasharafan
annallahuwajal
Quran.
So it's very very honorable
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has mentioned these
days
in the Quran and is sufficient
by that. As far as some of the
hadith
that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he
spoke about these 10 days
that
which was narrated by Imam Ahmed and others
when the prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam he said,
there isn't days
that when a person does righteous actions that
it is more greater and it came in
another narration more beloved to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala than these 10 days. So some of
the sahaba they said, even
performing the jihad the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
said,
except for a person that went out to
fight and with his wealth and likewise with
himself,
and he came back with none of them.
So the only thing that's equivalent
to these 10 days from the righteous actions
is that a person goes out and fights
and he comes back with nothing
after going out with himself and likewise Ismael.
You find that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam, he also said regarding these 10 days,
like it was narrated by Imam Ahmed also.
So some of the actions that a person
might busy himself with is by doing the
takbir,
likewise the tahleel and also the tahmid.
Some of the seerah
that the ulama have mentioned
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,
Wallahi lhamd. This is something that a person
might want to say especially in these 10
days because he has come
specifically
regarding his affair.
Some other great benefit that the ulama have
mentioned is that these 10 days
they are more better and more greater in
reward than the last 10 days of a
Ramadan. The reason for this is that when
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said,
ma'am in a yam.
This word a yam is an indefinite.
Okay? And it's very well known in the
Arabic language and likewise in the the indefinite,
if it comes in a negative context,
it indicates generality, meaning that no day
is more beloved and more better than these
10 days. And under this generality goes any
other day including
the last 10 days of our Ramadan.
And you find that Imam Bukhari narrated
that
some of the sahabas like Umar ibn Khattab
and likewise Abdullah ibn Umar and Abu Huraira,
they used to go out to the aswap,
to the markets, and they used to remind
the people of saying the takbir
by them saying out loudly.
They used to go out saying the takbir
very loudly to
remind
the people
to perform this beloved act to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala as it came in the hadith.
So whatever Ibadah that you might do in
these 10 days whether it is siyam, whether
it is salat,
and also Sha'a Usayimin he mentioned in one
of his rasalah that's
that he used to do so much striving
this, which
is from the students
of that he would come to a limit
that he won't be able to do anything
else, and this was narrated by Adarimi.
So whether it is fasting, whether it is
anything else a person should strive
by doing
these
actions.
You find on the 9th day of Dhul
Hijjah, it is Yom Al Arafa. It is
mustahab for a non * that he fast
on this day as the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam.
He informed us the one that fast on
this day that he will have his sins
his,
last year sins forgiven and likewise
the
sins
or he will be forgiven for the following
year as well. So this is a great
for a person that is not performing the
Hajj. As for a person that's performing the
Hajj, then it is more recommended for him
not to be fasting because the prophet sallallahu
alaihi was